Jim in Oakville
Member
Hi,
I turned my first Redwwod Burl today for a cigar pen, it's a fine looking pen blank. I have a problem though, with thenatural porosity of the burl I had a great deal of work to do in filling the void, I spent close to an hour turneinga nd filling with CA glue before I had a finsihed and ready for assembly blank. I always gently breat the edges of the wood prior to pressing the hardware with a 600 piece of parer and a gentle twist of the end of the tube. Well, the edge chipped off right at the pen nib prior to pressing, I can see brass as well.
I am not sure if I should remount the brass and turn off the red wood or try an epoxy repair, I am not sure what to do, can you give me a few ideas here please...the blank was really nice!!
Take care,
Jim
I turned my first Redwwod Burl today for a cigar pen, it's a fine looking pen blank. I have a problem though, with thenatural porosity of the burl I had a great deal of work to do in filling the void, I spent close to an hour turneinga nd filling with CA glue before I had a finsihed and ready for assembly blank. I always gently breat the edges of the wood prior to pressing the hardware with a 600 piece of parer and a gentle twist of the end of the tube. Well, the edge chipped off right at the pen nib prior to pressing, I can see brass as well.
I am not sure if I should remount the brass and turn off the red wood or try an epoxy repair, I am not sure what to do, can you give me a few ideas here please...the blank was really nice!!
Take care,
Jim